Heaven in an Ice Cream Bowl

1 cup water
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup Guinness stout
In a heavy saucepan whisk together the water and the cornstarch and simmer the mixture over moderate heat, whisking, for 2 minutes. Add the milks, the salt, and the sugar, heat the mixture over moderately low heat, whisking, for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the sugar is dissolved, and remove the pan from the heat. Let the mixture cool completely, stir in the Guinness, and freeze the mixture in an ice-cream freezer according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Makes about 1 quart

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No way. Gave up alchohol. Not good for you. Doesn't taste that great. Only benefit seems to be a buzz from the drugs. It also conflicts with many medications. I personally recommend: Welch's pear or peach in combo with white grapefruit juice, diluted 50-50 with mineral water or some decent bottled water. It should be chilled as should the water then twice the usual amount of ice cubes used. It's closer to nirvanna than any booze. Brush teeth regularly because of sugar content (also an especial recommendation for those who drink booze). It' also less expensive. The modern trend towards every bartender concocting their own weird beverage is similar and a juvenile means of being current with whatever fad is popular. Blech. :)

As a previous resident of Austin, I can state that Amy's has had Guinness ice cream before. I will also vouch for green tea ice cream.
Here in NYC, as you might expect, the cutting-edge foodies are doing ice cream and sorbet in flavors like onion, carrot, green wasabi, celery, chili-olive-tomato, shrimp, crunchy pork-rind, and tarragon-pineapple (all verbatim from a recent issue of Time Out.

Substitute cream for the condensed/evap milk. Leave out the cornstarch; you shouldn't need it, you'll have more fat for thickening. Mmmmm, fat. Substitute Splenda for the sugar. A half cup of Guinness would only have about 3 or 4g of carbs--Guinness is much, much lower in carbs than you'd expect.

The only flaw is what to do with the rest of the bottle. Freeze into two equal servings, perhaps. It wouldn't be fit to drink, but you could make two more batches of ice cream.

SteveO, you gave up drinking alcohol becuase it reacts with too many medications, and instead you recommend drinking grapefruit juice???

I may be laughing. But when you tell your doctor, your doctor probably will not laugh. Please double-check that your meds aren't being affected by the grapefruit juice, dude. Because I give a damn. OK?